'Accessibility' Category
Flash indexing with external resource loading
Google have expanded their Flash indexing capabilities by allowing for the indexing of external assets. A lot of Flash applications read in some sort of XML config file, which in turn often loads in additional assets such as images, mp3s, etc. This is a big deal in getting Flash properly indexable, so kudos to Google.
SWFObject 2.2 released
Looks like a heap of useful new features have been added to SWFObject. Spotted thanks to an email from Swingpants.
How mobile Flickr was built
Really interesting blog post on how the mobile version of Flickr was constructed. I haven’t had the opportunity to try the mobile version of the site out on a mobile browser aside from iPhone Safari, but it works really well on that browser. You can tell the focus on optimising everything has paid off when […]
Improved Flash indexing by Google
Big news. Read here. Thanks to Mr “always 4th in the league” for sending me the link.
Flex accessibility
A good post from Aral regarding the state of accessibility within Flex. I hope they concentrate on this side of Flash soon rather than adding more wizzy features; it seems with Flash and AJAX you’re always having to hold your hands up and admit that they don’t bring a lot to the party when it […]
Stop using AJAX!
Very good article on the dev Opera site by brothercake on why AJAX isn’t necessarily the best thing ever when it comes to building websites and keeping the web accessible to all.
Get Flash you stupid hippie!
One of the major pains of web development is having to factor in users with “non-standard configurations”. What looks good on your machine doesn’t mean it will for a proportion of your users. However, this no-flash warning up on the South Park website is pure genius, as is the 404. I wish I was given […]
SWFObject 2.0
The new SWFObject is out. There are two main ways to embed Flash content on a page, with Option 2 sounding like the best fit for the rules/regulations we have to adhere to for work (progressive enhancement, no click-to-activate rubbish in IE, you HAVE to have JS to view the Flash, etc). Option 2 follows […]
How accessible is Flex?
Good article here, although when using Flex you’re also dealing with the framework/component weight to download (which adds about 300k I think), so some users will be waiting before experiencing their accessible Flash. Not sure if the Flash player caches this yet (I remember reading that it was in the pipeline at one stage…)
Google indexing text in Flash
Interesting blog posting with subsequent links here. Further blog posting here.
